I have experienced water coming in from the elevator cut-outs. My KR collects about 2 quarts (which is approx. 2 liters) per 1 hour of flying in the rain. The water will stay right at the tail end, and I have added a drain hole and inspection hole ( 4" in accordance with FAA AC 43-13) below the horizontal stab. Makes cleaning water and dirt out of this confined space a lot easier.
When I was building and working with water I always taped any cavities off. Christian OE-VPD http://www.members.aon.at/oevpd -----Original Message----- From: Ron Freiberger [mailto:rfreiber...@swfla.rr.com] Sent: Freitag, 09. Mai 2003 01:32 To: KR builders and pilots Subject: RE: KR>Moisture meter This was the subject of a long story at one of our EAA meetings. The PIC actually took off with water in the tail which had frozen. Very exciting. By all means, add drain holes NOW. Ron Freiberger mailto: rfreiber...@swfla.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-bounces+rfreiberger=swfla.rr....@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+rfreiberger=swfla.rr....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Dan Heath Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 9:45 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR>Moisture meter Don't know anything about a moisture meter, but I sure could use one. I was wet sanding this weekend and I had the plane outside, so instead of using a cloth to wipe off the residue, I used the hose. Big mistake. I got a lot of water into the fuselage and I think it got in through the elevator clearance hole. Has anyone installed drain holes to handle situations like this? I think I will have to put in inspection holes back there sooner than later. It is very difficult for a 5'9" 175# old body to crawl back in the fuselage to wipe up the water. This situation would most likely occur anytime you washed your plane if you used a hose to rinse it off. N64KR Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC da...@kr-builder.org See you in Red Oak - 2003 See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
